Type: Poem

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“I hear the wind rustling through the trees…”
Birds fly over the city
“With all our troubles and our pain, at least we still have the rain…”
raindrops on grass
“So now You’re headed out-of-town, like some will-o’-the-wisp / to locate some new folks, perhaps, and begin In the beginning, all over again…”
Hebrew prayerbook pages in an open book
“She dresses in brightest yellow, re-awakening us to a dazzling glimpse of Her love…”
sunlight through a forest of trees
“Together we will recite / the only prayer this New Year; / the prayer home.”
Several bees are flying near the entrance of a beehive, with a blurred green background.
“What else can we do/Expect hold to the promise / That we will be met / Beyond the gates, / In the field, / By love?”
a golden field, dotted with green plants. Small hills and blue skies lie beyond the field
“She had become a / living, breathing tabernacle…”
a path through tall green trees, light comes over the path
“Only one thing have we shown: we will destroy this world if you let it…”
a field with clouds waving across the sky above it
“Sometimes I want to weep for the loss of so many…”
Woman in a gray sweater sits at desk, participating in a video call with several people on her computer screen.
“Return is always possible.”
a blue ocean wave

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